Chapter 2 Want To Get The Child Back

Seeing the woman, Bella felt as if hundreds of spiders were crawling at the back of her skull that she couldn't even face her. "Adam...please... No matter what had happened in the past, I really did love you. Please, just let me see him this one time."

Under the instruction of Adam, his mother, Ada, drove Bella out of their house the moment she had given birth to the young boy. The baby was immediately taken into the ICU, so until now, she still hadn't seen her baby.

Thinking of this, she sniffled helplessly.

However, no matter how much she cried, there was still no change in the man's eyes. After a long while, he said slowly, "What do you expect I should feel for the daughter of the man who had killed my father?"

His words completely blew all their memories out of proportions. It seemed that his sweetness for her before was nothing more than an act to lure her in. His betrayal felt like a cool blade that had found itself buried in her heart.

No matter how deep her love for him was, it was hard for Bella to bear such a blow. After a long silence, the woman placed her hand on Adam's shoulder. "Adam," she said softly. "You still have other matters to deal with in the company. Why don't you go ahead with your work? I'll handle it here."

He glanced at her. Luna Fang was the daughter of one of the company's largest shareholders. If nothing would go wrong, she would soon be crowned as his future wife.

Thinking of this, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he turned around and walked out the door.

Bella still wasn't going to back down that easily. She stumbled forward, wanting to catch up with him, but Luna Fang quickly stopped her. Her eyes glinted murderously. "Darcy, bring the child to me."

Thinking that the woman's about to give her the baby, Bella smiled happily. "Thank you," she repeatedly murmured.

Luna Fang's smile became even more mocking as each second had passed. "Oh, don't thank me just yet," she said laughingly. "The show's about to start."

Darcy quickly brought the baby over to them. A part of her wanted to give the child to Bella, but Luna Fang quickly grabbed the newborn from the nanny's arms. The sharp movements scared the young boy, making him cry.

"You haven't seen him, have you?" In one quick movement, Luna Fang covered the boy's face with her hand, making sure that Bella wouldn't be able to see his face clearly.

This had been her baby. The child that she had brought to life was lying right in front of her. Her fingers trembled as she raised her arms, but Luna Fang quickly turned away.

"You don't know his name, do you?" She raised her eyebrow. "His name is Richard."

As soon as the name slipped the woman's lips, Bella's heart immediately ached for the young boy. It was her fault for bringing such a sweet innocent child into such a deceptive world.

"He's well-loved here, don't you know? All of his visitors said how good-looking he is, and how he looks so much like Adam. Mrs. Qin would always laugh at the approval, but I've always been irritated by it." Luna Fang rolled her eyes and raised her head. "I remembered enduring all of those comments right at the beginning, but now, it seems that I've found a way to make this more fun. Do you want to see how?"

There was a few moments of silence. When there was no answer, the haughty woman clicked the back of her tongue and snorted. Suddenly, she reached out her hand and pinched the child's arm.

The baby burst into another round of tears. His shrieks bounced across the high ceilings as Luna Fang's sweet voice followed. "Since he makes me unhappy, I don't think I'll allow him to be happy either. What do you think?"

"Stop!" Bella stumbled towards the woman, instinctively wanting to grab the baby from her.

Luna Fang, however, was well-prepared for this reaction and quickly stepped aside. Seeing as she was still weak from the recovery, Bella wasn't able to restrain herself as she fell heavily onto the floor. Its rough tiles scraping her palms and knees.

She was about to rush towards the woman again, but Luna Fang immediately took two steps backward and aimed her fist towards the baby's face. "Well? If you come over, I'll make sure he wouldn't be able to see straight after the beating I'll give him."

Bella froze. Her arms lied limp to her sides as she tried to negotiate, "Give me the baby, and I swear I'll take him far away from you. I don't want anything else."

Luna Fang snorted. Was Bella trying to play a trick on her? If she really didn't want anything, then she should get out of here and never show up.

The crazy woman must want to take the child to keep Adam by her side.

At the thought of this, Luna Fang became even more resentful. With a flick of her wrist, she pinched the baby again, and the young boy's cries became even louder. "I won't be giving him to you," she snapped.

"In fact, I'll take great care of him as if he was my child, and slowly but surely torture him. Don't you think that's a better idea?"

Without even waiting for the woman to react, Luna Fang turned her head and glared at Darcy, who was gazing at the scene as if she was some sort of spectator. "Well?" she demanded. "Why are you still standing there? Call the police!"

Darcy looked up. She furrowed her eyebrows. "Call the police?"

"Someone broke into my house and wanted to kidnap my child. Don't you think we need to call the police?"

At the implication of her voice, Bella shook her head rapidly. "No, please..."

Realizing what the woman's plan was, she quickly turned to run out of the door. At this point, she couldn't let her son be the brunt of ridicule if he found out that his biological mother was a prisoner.

"Stop her!" Luna yelled out. "If she escapes, then you might as well pack your bags and get the hell out of here!"

Bella didn't stop. Instead, she moved even faster. However, just as she was about to rush out of the front gates, something hard slammed against the side of her skull. From the impact, she fell onto the pavements with a shout.

Her vision blurred all around her, but she could make out Darcy's kneeling figure by her side. "Miss Mu," she whispered. "I'm so, so sorry. I had no other choice."

As Adam was halfway down the highway, he realized that he had left one of his documents at home. Seeing as it was for one of his meetings, he decided to drive back.

When he returned, he found that everything had returned to its peaceful self. Luna was sitting on the sofa, wrapping her hand around Richard Qin's little fingers. When she heard the noise, she looked up. "You're back?"

"Where is she?" He didn't bother to answer her.

She paused as a fierce look flashed in her eyes. "She left. After I made everything clear to her, I asked Darcy to send her away." Her voice seemed calm and normal, as if she didn't just have the woman arrested.

"And where is Darcy?"

Luna shrugged. "She probably went to the store to buy some vegetables."

Without further questioning, Adam went into the study to get the document and left.

Hearing the engine roar to life, Luna slowly loosened her grip and straightened her back, exposing the young boy's mangled body. A cry burst out of his small lips as blood trickled down his forehead.

A splotch of black and blue appeared on the side of his face, but Luna only smirk in response.

At the police station.

It was already noon, and the front desk was a mess. The hall was crowded with numerous convicts as officers filled up the required papers.

Bella was woken up by the banging noise around her. She tilted her head, still feeling the aftereffects of being smashed against the head. Holding the wall for support, she staggered upwards and glanced around.

Her memory came rushing back to her once she saw a policeman not far away from her position. Cold sweat beaded down her back, as her mind went completely blank. She felt lost as to what to do.

When Bella gazed down at her hands, she found that they were trembling heavily. If she didn't get out of here as soon as possible, then they would arrest her for real. What the hell was she going to do?

After a pause, a thought shot through her mind. She grabbed her phone in a hurry and dialed Sally's number.

"Bella? Where are you?" Sally's panicked voice came from the other end of the line.

"Sally, you have to help me, I'm–"

Before she could finish, the phone was ripped from her hands. When Bella looked up, she found that the policeman had already towered over her. There was an unmistakable coldness in his eyes.

"You still want someone to get you out?" he sneered.

"Bella? Are you there? Hello?"

Gritting her teeth, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Sally!

He–"

The policeman must've already seen through her intentions. He quickly hung up the phone and swung his fist across her face. The woman slammed against the pavements from the impact, and she cried out.

Others snapped their heads up from the noise and peered at the woman who had just been beaten. However, the policeman didn't even bother to look at them as he grabbed a fistful of her hair. "You broke into the house and aim to steal someone else's child. Don't you have any conscience?"

At the claim of her being a human trafficker, the spectators started jeering in approval of her mistreatment.

"How dare you hit Miss Fang?" The officer spat at her as if she was just another beggar in the streets.

Without another word, he grabbed his handcuffs and cuffed her to the table. "Watch her," he warned his colleague before strutting out of the room.

"Let me go! I didn't do anything wrong. I'm innocent!" she cried out repeatedly, hoping that someone would actually listen to her.

Annoyed by the noise, one of the officers kicked the table, letting it topple over the ground. "Shut up!" he snarled. "Or I'll make sure I'll rip that tongue of yours from your throat."

Sally tried to call back, but it seemed that the phone had already been turned off. Pacing back and forth in the living room, she could only imagine what state her friend must've been in. After a few seconds of remembering the details about the call, she could only guess as to where she was.

She seemed to hear someone yelling "officer". Was Bella in the police station?

Wanting to test her theory, Sally called another number. "Mr. Terence, it's me–Sally. Are you free?"

The police station was a little cold and the constant buzzing sound could be heard from one of its air conditioners. As the cold air blew on her back, Bella winced. Now, she had no other choice but to curl up in the corner as her heartbeat raced inside her chest. At this point, she found that she couldn't even breathe.

A faint pain wrecked her lower abdomen, and she couldn't help but gasp out.

Not being able to stand it anymore, she turned to one of the officers. "Sir, I'm not feeling well." Her voice trembled. "Can you please let me go."

The policeman had been filing different documents this entire time. At the sound of her voice, he glanced up only to see that she was indeed very pale. After a moment's hesitation, he stood up and unlocked the handcuffs wrapped around her wrists.

"Get inside." He shoved her into an interrogation room.

At this moment, the pain had grown even worse. Bella slammed against the corner of the table, and she bit on her lower lip, drawing blood.

"I'm warning you! You'd better not be playing tricks on me," he snapped. "I can think of many ways to punish you here. In fact, I could make sure that you're trapped here for the rest of your life!"

Bella leaned against the table. His voice had grown even more muffled, as if there was a wall standing in between them.

"Stop pretending." Bella had been tortured enough that she finally snapped. She looked up and stared at the officer right in the face. "Fine!" she yelled. "You can leave me here to rot."

Seeing as she had the nerve to talk back at him, the police stomped over towards her. "You want to rot? Fine, I'll teach you a lesson."

A bad feeling bubbled in her stomach, causing her to step back subconsciously. However, before she could fall onto her back, he quickly grabbed a hold of her collar.

"What the hell are you going to do?" She pushed him away.

Just then, her clothes were ripped apart, and her pale skin was exposed to the cold air. A scream ripped out her throat as she was trashed around under his grip, but it was to no avail.

'No...please, no...'

Bella squeezed her eyes shut.

Suddenly, the door slammed open. Before the two of them could react, a shadow of a figure rushed over to them and lifted the police. He punched him heavily.

Bella squinted her eyes at the familiar face in front of her. Different emotions soared through her veins as she trembled from the cold. "Mr. Terence," she stuttered out.

Terence Jing shrugged off his coat and wrapped it around the woman's frail form. "Are you–are you okay?" she murmured, throwing her arms around his neck as she could barely hold herself together.

"I'll be okay. Get some rest first. I'll take you to the hospital," he murmured into her ear as they left the station.

"Do you even know how dangerous this is? She just gave birth to a baby! She shouldn't be running around like this!" the doctor exclaimed, shooting Bella a reprimanding look. "Do you know how much harm you could've done to yourself?"

Moreover, after glancing at the numerous scars peppered across her body, the doctor could only assume that she was abused. He wanted to say more words, but he stopped himself. After all, it was her own business, but that still didn't stop him from prescribing medicine and shooting Terence Jing the nastiest glare he could muster.

Terence Jing decided to take the man's anger at ease. Once he got the prescription, he bowed his head. "Thank you, Doctor."

As the man headed to the pharmacy, the doctor couldn't help but shake his head in bewilderment. Although the man seemed like a gentleman, he still couldn't seem to take care of his wife.

Once Terence Jing had returned to the ward with the medicine, Bella had already woken up from her coma. Seeing as she was struggling to get up, he quickly set the medications onto the bedside table and hurried towards her. "What are you doing? Let me help you."

Bella turned to look at him. Her bright eyes were now glassy and empty. "You'd help me bring my son back, right? They–they'll abuse him there! Please."

Seeing that the clothes she had worn were already dirtied and mangled, he suggested, "Why don't you lie back first?"

"No!" Bella grabbed a hold of his wrist with all her strength as if he was her savior. "I'm begging you to help me!" she screamed. "I can do anything for you. Please.

I–I really have no other choice." Tears streamed down her pale cheekbones as her messy hair clung to her face. "I–I have absolutely nothing left..."

Seeing her so desperate, Terence Jing had no other choice but to hold her comfortingly. "I–I'll help you." The words left his lips before he could even stop himself.

"Will you really?" Bella's eyes brightened. She stared at him as if he had just delivered her the greatest gift of God.

Terence Jing nodded solemnly. "Rest first," he said again. "When you wake up, you'll see your baby."

"Okay. I'll go to sleep now." As the words slipped her lips, she slowly closed her eyes. She looked incredibly peaceful, and the sight made the corners of his lips twitch.

Terence Jing stomped on the tiles heavily to inform her that he was about to leave. However, before he reached the door, he tiptoed back to see if she really had fallen asleep. Once he was a hundred percent sure, he sighed in relief and left.